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Without the involvement of nurses at every level, the field of health information technology (IT) would not be successful, according to a number of recent reports. Nurses are on the front lines when it comes to designing, implementing and using health IT. Nurse clinicians enter data into electronic health records (EHR) and help educate patients on the use of personal health records. Nurse managers oversee the electronic documentation completed by other nursing staff. The nurse informaticists help develop, implement and optimize HIT systems. According to a report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), nurses are not only vital to ... more

According to the US Census Bureau, one in every 8.4 Americans has an employment disability (21.3 million, out of the total workforce of 178.7 million). Based on the fact that nurses are part of the general population, one might assume that one in every 8.4 nurses might have an employment disability. If that is true, 291,548 nurses would be affected. more...more

Of all the majors that students can choose, nursing offers the best chance for employment. “I tell graduates not to worry, that they almost certainly will land a job within a few months of graduating,” University of Akron nursing administrator Cheryl Buchanan said. “If they would go to Florida or Michigan, they would find a job immediately.” Researchers at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce examined 2009 and 2010 U.S. census data to determine what college majors are most likely to lead to jobs. “People need to pay attention to this,” center director Tony Carnevale said. “It ... more

If you’re a foreign-trained registered nurse, you may dream of immigrating to the U.S. to begin or continue your career. While immigrating to the U.S. as a foreign-trained nurse can be a lengthy process, it’s definitely possible and attainable for many nurses, since the U.S. is experiencing a nursing shortage. But because filling out the paperwork for a U.S. work visa is a long and complex process, the easiest way to realize your dreams of working in the U.S. as a nurse is to get sponsorship. How can you get sponsorship? Contact a staffing agency, such as Velocity Healthcare and ... more

For years, experts have been predicting a shortage of nurses along with the faculty needed to train them. And for years nursing schools and the health care community have been working on creative solutions, trying to head off the problem before it affects the health of America. It’s not just the country’s physical health that’s at risk. Its economic health is too. One metropolitan area reflective of this is Cleveland. Health care provides more than 124,000 jobs — nearly 18 percent of all employment — in Cuyahoga County, according to the most recent data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ ... more

If you feel called to a career in nursing practice, you may, like many nurses, feel that you’re done with school after earning an ADN or BSN. But there’s so much more to the nursing profession, and so much further you can go beyond the undergraduate level. Many registered nurses decide, at some point in their careers, that they’d like to go further, and pursue advanced nursing education. A Ph.D. in Nursing is a research-focused doctoral degree that is one of the highest degrees you can earn in the profession. This degree primarily prepares nurses for a career in nursing ... more